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  "title": "India Union Budget spending and actuals — The Raisina Post",
  "description": "Compare the Union Government's expenditure plans and published actuals using the official 2026–27 Budget documents.",
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    {
      "heading": "Public Money.",
      "level": 1,
      "url": "https://theraisinapost.com/public-money/#section-public-money"
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      "heading": "Union expenditure profile",
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      "heading": "Source and limitations",
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      "caption": "Expenditure heads and their official comparisons, INR crore",
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      "url": "https://www.indiabudget.gov.in/doc/eb/vol1.pdf",
      "label": "Ministry of Finance, Expenditure Profile 2026–27, Statement 1 (Summary of Expenditure, printed page 1)"
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  "markdown": "THE RAISINA POST / PUBLIC RECORDS\n\n# Public Money.\n\nCompare the Union Government's expenditure plans and published actuals using the official 2026–27 Budget documents.\n\nRead the primary source\n\nBudget Estimates, Revised Estimates and actual spending are different accounting stages. Do not treat an allocation as money already spent.\n\n## Union expenditure profile\n\nMinistry of Finance · 2026–27 expenditure statement\n Compare estimates Search expenditure heads  \n\nLoading the official expenditure table…\n Previous estimate—₹ croreCurrent estimate—₹ crorePercentage change—Not a measure of realised spending  \n\nExpenditure heads and their official comparisons, INR crore\n\n| Expenditure head | Prior | Current | Change | \n| --- | --- | --- | --- |\n\n* Comparing 2024–25 actuals to 2026–27 budget estimates is a cross-period comparison, not an execution rate. Parent and child expenditure heads overlap; do not sum all rows.\n\n## Source and limitations\n\nPrimary source: [Ministry of Finance, Expenditure Profile 2026–27, Statement 1 (Summary of Expenditure, printed page 1)](<https://www.indiabudget.gov.in/doc/eb/vol1.pdf>). The amounts are in ₹ crore, reproduced to two decimals with each of the four officially specified accounting periods.\n\nThe figures are a dated published Budget extract, not updated automatically and not a statement of expenditure realised during 2026–27. Categories are hierarchical: central expenditure plus transfers equals expenditure through the Budget; their subheads must not be added again. The original government PDF takes precedence if a discrepancy is identified.",
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